Publishing with Quark XPress

Quark Xpress Training TutorialsThis tutorial was helpul in understanding the work palettes of Quark Express: the measurement palette, color palette, style sheets palette, document layout palette, and trap palette. It explained the features and abilities of these palettes, as well as when to use each. I also found the examples of each actual palette helpful as well. Posted on Mon Nov 29 00:17:21

Mike's Sketchpad: Creating/Setting Up Quark Express. Tool Defaults Part One After searching for a quite a while for a sufficient Quark Express tutorial, I was unsuccessful. Instead, I went and found this website on a past report. This site was very clear and helpul with its many tutorials on the basics, as well as advanced uses of Quark. This tutorial focused on the setting up of the tool palette with some good tips for beginners. It not only gave clear directions, it also gave the actual tool palette for that extra understanding of the tools. Posted on Sun Nov 28 23:13:43

QuarkXPress 4 Techniques Tutorials In this tutorial, they showed how to use the linking tool. They used it to link text boxes together by starting with a text box, then drawing another text box and clicking on that to make the text flow into that box. Alignment was also demonstrated using the space/ align tool under the item menu when all of the boxes are selected. An even amount of space is then distributed between the boxes. Posted on Sun Nov 28 21:52:25

College of Design Computer Labs - Quark XPress This tutorial is intended for the one that I missed last week. If there is any problem or if this one is unacceptable, please let me know. This informative tutorial documents the process in creating a one-page magazine article. We are first taught how to size the document and set guides. Then we place and insert the background pictures. Next, we are guided through the process of placing the title and the illustrations in a similar fashion. The text is then runaround the images. Once this is complete, the document should appear finished. The tutorial concludes by showing us how to go about printing onto a 11 X 17 sheet of paper. Posted on

Learn2 Get Around in Quark Xpress (Continued): Use the tool palette First of all, the first three steps of this site go over basic features of Quark Xpress. The fourth step, however, decribes each tool and how to use them. It reviews the mover, text bar, rotation, magnifying, text box, linking, unlinking, and line tools. Three of four sentences are used to described each tool. Posted on Sun Nov 28 23:02:36

Quark Documents - PagesThis site is very extensive and goes into great depth with each tool is describes. Mike teaches how to create basic objects like boxes and lines, then he describes object shapes, outlines as well as color and tool preferences. Here is where he gets incredibly in-depth writing of application and document preferences preferences. Finally he describes how to set up each tool. Posted on Sun Nov 28 22:06:29

Quark XPress Training TutorialsThis tutorial outlines the basics of using Quark Xpress. It allows various options so you can guide yourself through the tutorial and ensure you are gaining the information you are searching for. The Home button gives a brief overview on the uses for Quark and shows you how to get started. The Layout button shows you how to size your document, import text and graphics and also demonstrates the functions of the tools. The Menus button provides information on what you will encounter with each menu item and has links to each one for exploration. Finally, the Palettes button describes the measurement, colour, and document layout palettes. The Practical button was not functioning when I found this tutorial. Posted on Mon Nov 29 00:28:45

QuarkXpress Training TutorialThis website has good information about the basics from the beginning even though it is not finished yet. When you open a new document you can decide everything about the page; page size, columns, margins. There is also a check box for an automatic text box which is usually a good thing to check. After you have your page, you may import text and graphics. In order to import text or graphics into Quark, you must first have an item, meaning a text or picture box selected, in which the text or graphic, the context, then appears. On the tool palette, the item or move tool deals with the item. The context or text entry tool deals with the context. Posted on 11/23/2004

Quark BasicsSince I don�t know much about Quark, I chose the simplest concept to get me started. From this tutorial on basics, they introduce Quark as a "box-oriented layout" which they describe as either having a text box, picture box or empty box. These boxes can have many sides and can be positioned to within 1/1000th of a point. Posted on 11/23/2004

Quark XPress Training Tutorials: MenusThis tutorial takes you through the menu of Quark XPress. It defines each of the six menus and provides an overview of what you can do with each menu. I found it helpful because I am just learning the program and this tutorial makes me feel more comfortable with the menu. The tutorial offers some useful tips, such as an ellipse in the menu indicates that there are additional options available for the tool. Also, it points out useful keyboard commands to help with workflow. Posted on 11/23/2004

Digital Training and Designs: Tips and TechniquesThis site offers tips and tutorials for the following programs: Dreamweaver, Quarkexpress, Flash, Final Cut Pro, and Photoshop. There are 24 Quark Express tips and tutorials ranging from page formats to math within text elements. Most tips are rather short and concise (about a paragraph long), but makes a good reference for using Quark. Posted on 11/23/2004

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